comebacker

noun

come·​back·​er ˈkəm-ˌba-kər 

plural comebackers

1

baseball : a ground ball hit directly to the pitcher

… Cormier had retired Mo Vaughn … on a weak comebacker to the mound to end the seventh.

—Gordon Edes

2

golf : a putt back to the hole after a preceding putt has rolled past it

After pitching to within 20 feet of the pin, Junior runs his first putt four feet past and then misses the comebacker.

—Jaime Diaz

Examples of comebacker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Woad then hit her pitch 10 feet past and missed the comebacker. —CBS News, 21 June 2026

Kopercinski juggled a comebacker, remained composed and fired to first base to record another out. —Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

Friday night’s game marked a triumphant return for starting pitcher Seth Lugo, who nine days earlier took a comebacker off his forehead against the Texas Rangers. —Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026

That remains the plan, even after Wrobleski was hit in the leg by a comebacker during his start Thursday. —Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for comebacker

• firecracker
• acker
• backer
• blacker
• cracker
• hacker
• lacquer
• packer
• slacker
• stacker
• thacker
• tracker